male-bonding socialization rituals

sounds so robert bly!

all kinds of mbsr's have gone by the board over the last couple of generations. even brother and brother rivalry is encouraged, all in the name of holy competition.

there are some kinds of newer bonding, through gathering around mutual interests, but i think it's pretty weak tea still compared to the bonds formed, for example, farming food that leads to family survival together, or cutting wood that will permit staying alive through the winter.

playing music creates interesting bonds, sometimes extremely deep and durable ones.

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~